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Meaning of orthocaine | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Methyl m-amino-p-hydroxybenzoate, a fine white crystalline powder used as an anesthetic on open wounds.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Einhorn immediately sent one of his phenolic compounds, orthocaine, to Farbwerke Hochst in 1896.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

orthocarbonate orthocarbonic acid orthocclusion orthocenter orthocephaly orthoceracone